Рождественские истории от Глории...
Глория-дочь Какониты Кагот (Амундсен)
A Family Christmas Story
"...This is an article from the Seattle Times - December 25, 1921 entitled:
Tree in the Home of Noted Explorer Loaded with Presents
-Son and Daughters of North Get First Taste of Juletide Joy.
For little Cakonita and little Camilla a day of the wildest delights and happiness such as they have never dreamed of in the Arctic.
For the six Siberian sailors on the Maude a day of the most gorgeous feasting and of many gifts of brooches and of bespangled glittering things more dazzling than the northern lights.
For Captain Oskar Wisting master of Maude, and G. Olenkin, engineer, a day of good cheer and good feeling.
And for Captain Roald Amundsen, South Pole discoverer, who today will play Santa Claus to Cakonita, Camilla, the Siberian sailors, Captain Wisting and engineer Olenkin, a day of real happiness - the happiness that comes to him who gives to others.
Captain Amundsen's home on thirty-fifth Avenue is the scene of the festivities.
For the fourth day running Captain Amundsen went home last night loaded down with packages and bundles. For four days running he had flitted from one store to another on First, Second, Third and Fourth Avenues and connecting sidestreets. He carried the bundles himself. He radiated Christmas cheer about the stores. The clerk's faces brightened when he approached. Along the Avenues they talked of the lean, wiry figure that passed with bundles under each arm. Few knowing they were gazing upon the man who discovered the South Pole, who conquered the Northwest Passage, who was the first man to circumnavigate the globe in Arctic waters, who now heads the Norwegion government's North Pole Expedition that left Norway in 1918.
To be continued later, after dinner.
Cakonita was my mother..."
Part two:
"... Children of the North
Cakonita is a tiny native daughter of Siberia whom Captain Amundsen brought out from the Arctic. Camilla is the daughter of Carpendale, a Siberian trader. For the time being they are Captain Amundsen's wards. Later both will be sent to Norway to enter school.
In the meantime they have no thought beyond today. It is a day where the morrow doesn't figure for a moment.
Last night they had a peep at a wonderful Christmas tree. It is a tree of generous height and large diameter. It is aglimmer with all the yuletide trimmings and spangled stuff - a thing so beautiful, so wonderful, so well ... all the Arctic wizards, the performers of marvelous acheivements, never unfolded such a vision of delights. The tree is literally loaded with gifts.
For Cakonita and Camilla today there are toy planes, blonde dolls, brunette dolls, large dolls, small dolls, mechanical toys, mechanical games, rubber balls of wondrous hue, candy enough to choke a walrus, more toys, more candy, bugles and horns, and the turkey and other good things to eat. Home never held such bliss for little Cakonita and little Camilla.
Intercepted on his last trip home last night, Captain Amundsen admitted that he intends to celebrate Christmas with all the abandon of childhood.
Clever at Solving Puzzles
"Cakonita and Camilla will enjoy the mechanical games," he said "like all children of the north they are much cleverer than children of civilization in solving the mechanical problems. They realize that there is no mystery about the games, that there is some solution, and they watch you working it out, without a word or a murmur. Nothing escapes their eyes. They follow every move you make, and a few moments later you find them going ahead full speed."
Captain Amundsen left Norway in the Maude, now wintering in Seattle, in 1918 with stout-hearted Captain Wisting as master of the vessel. Wisting stood at the famous explorer's side on the South Pole. Next May the present expedition will leave Seattle for the Arctic to drift with ice pack to the North Pole. It will be outfitted for seven years.
Captain Amundsen and his followers spent the yuletides of 1918, 1919 and 1920 in the Arctic ice. They celebrated Christmas as best they could. The celebration today is to be an event to be remembered. It is to be a cherished memory for seven cold years.
It is the two little girls from the icy Arctic who give the key to the situation in the Amundsen home. Like many other men of world-fame, the South Pole discoverer is fond of children. Nothing is too good for little Cakonita. Nothing is too good for little Camilla.
The famous explorer will open the gates of fairland to them today.
p.s. My dad called my mother "my little Arctic flower"....."
A Family Christmas Story
"...This is an article from the Seattle Times - December 25, 1921 entitled:
Tree in the Home of Noted Explorer Loaded with Presents
-Son and Daughters of North Get First Taste of Juletide Joy.
For little Cakonita and little Camilla a day of the wildest delights and happiness such as they have never dreamed of in the Arctic.
For the six Siberian sailors on the Maude a day of the most gorgeous feasting and of many gifts of brooches and of bespangled glittering things more dazzling than the northern lights.
For Captain Oskar Wisting master of Maude, and G. Olenkin, engineer, a day of good cheer and good feeling.
And for Captain Roald Amundsen, South Pole discoverer, who today will play Santa Claus to Cakonita, Camilla, the Siberian sailors, Captain Wisting and engineer Olenkin, a day of real happiness - the happiness that comes to him who gives to others.
Captain Amundsen's home on thirty-fifth Avenue is the scene of the festivities.
For the fourth day running Captain Amundsen went home last night loaded down with packages and bundles. For four days running he had flitted from one store to another on First, Second, Third and Fourth Avenues and connecting sidestreets. He carried the bundles himself. He radiated Christmas cheer about the stores. The clerk's faces brightened when he approached. Along the Avenues they talked of the lean, wiry figure that passed with bundles under each arm. Few knowing they were gazing upon the man who discovered the South Pole, who conquered the Northwest Passage, who was the first man to circumnavigate the globe in Arctic waters, who now heads the Norwegion government's North Pole Expedition that left Norway in 1918.
To be continued later, after dinner.
Cakonita was my mother..."
Part two:
"... Children of the North
Cakonita is a tiny native daughter of Siberia whom Captain Amundsen brought out from the Arctic. Camilla is the daughter of Carpendale, a Siberian trader. For the time being they are Captain Amundsen's wards. Later both will be sent to Norway to enter school.
In the meantime they have no thought beyond today. It is a day where the morrow doesn't figure for a moment.
Last night they had a peep at a wonderful Christmas tree. It is a tree of generous height and large diameter. It is aglimmer with all the yuletide trimmings and spangled stuff - a thing so beautiful, so wonderful, so well ... all the Arctic wizards, the performers of marvelous acheivements, never unfolded such a vision of delights. The tree is literally loaded with gifts.
For Cakonita and Camilla today there are toy planes, blonde dolls, brunette dolls, large dolls, small dolls, mechanical toys, mechanical games, rubber balls of wondrous hue, candy enough to choke a walrus, more toys, more candy, bugles and horns, and the turkey and other good things to eat. Home never held such bliss for little Cakonita and little Camilla.
Intercepted on his last trip home last night, Captain Amundsen admitted that he intends to celebrate Christmas with all the abandon of childhood.
Clever at Solving Puzzles
"Cakonita and Camilla will enjoy the mechanical games," he said "like all children of the north they are much cleverer than children of civilization in solving the mechanical problems. They realize that there is no mystery about the games, that there is some solution, and they watch you working it out, without a word or a murmur. Nothing escapes their eyes. They follow every move you make, and a few moments later you find them going ahead full speed."
Captain Amundsen left Norway in the Maude, now wintering in Seattle, in 1918 with stout-hearted Captain Wisting as master of the vessel. Wisting stood at the famous explorer's side on the South Pole. Next May the present expedition will leave Seattle for the Arctic to drift with ice pack to the North Pole. It will be outfitted for seven years.
Captain Amundsen and his followers spent the yuletides of 1918, 1919 and 1920 in the Arctic ice. They celebrated Christmas as best they could. The celebration today is to be an event to be remembered. It is to be a cherished memory for seven cold years.
It is the two little girls from the icy Arctic who give the key to the situation in the Amundsen home. Like many other men of world-fame, the South Pole discoverer is fond of children. Nothing is too good for little Cakonita. Nothing is too good for little Camilla.
The famous explorer will open the gates of fairland to them today.
p.s. My dad called my mother "my little Arctic flower"....."